Intro- I will be using contemporary media forms (t.v and film) to show how particular social groups are represented in Britain today and with a retrospective view of tv and film from the past.
First Paragraph- Explain what collective identity is, using a quote then explaining, then use an example of a collective identity that links into a text used.
Second Paragraph- Talk about first text used what social group(s) it represents E.g This Is England, skins heads nationalists and racists (using Mise En Scene, cinematography, sound and editing)
Third Paragraph- Using Tv shows as the next text E.g Ashes To Ashes by comparing it to This Is England if they have any similar representations of social groups (both set in 80's)
Fourth Paragraph- Contemporary films set during today showing social groups of today, Hot Fuzz shows the difference in Police forces through attitudes towards how they control crime and the neighbourhood around them.
Fifth Paragraph- contemporary Tv shows such as Misfits, Skins, Shameless, picking out scenes that show social groups E.g Misfits with rebellious teenagers.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Essay Question Plan
Introduction:
1. Briefly explain what collective identity is and why it is complicated. Referring to a quote from a theorist, for example, David Gauntlett "identity is complicated".
2. References to texts we have studied, for example "This Is England" and "Hot Fuzz" for films and for TV programmes "The Inbetweeners" and "Misfits".
3. With youth chosen as our social group we must now comment on how youth is represented within these two examples.
Middle Sections:
1. In depth analysis of how youth is portrayed in each film or TV programme, one paragraph per text.
2. Youth - Clothing, Language, Stereotypes?
3. Mise en scene, Sound, Camerawork, Editing. Using these categories to back up our views on how youth is represented.
4. Middle 1- (This is england) scene- Hanging around under bridge!!
5. Middle 2- (Hot Fuzz) Scene- Kids attack shop!! (sign saying 2 school kids)!!
6. Middle 3- (The inbetweeners) Scene- caravan episode, focus on sex at the weekend!!
7. Middle 4-( Misfits) Scene-
1. Briefly explain what collective identity is and why it is complicated. Referring to a quote from a theorist, for example, David Gauntlett "identity is complicated".
2. References to texts we have studied, for example "This Is England" and "Hot Fuzz" for films and for TV programmes "The Inbetweeners" and "Misfits".
3. With youth chosen as our social group we must now comment on how youth is represented within these two examples.
Middle Sections:
1. In depth analysis of how youth is portrayed in each film or TV programme, one paragraph per text.
2. Youth - Clothing, Language, Stereotypes?
3. Mise en scene, Sound, Camerawork, Editing. Using these categories to back up our views on how youth is represented.
4. Middle 1- (This is england) scene- Hanging around under bridge!!
5. Middle 2- (Hot Fuzz) Scene- Kids attack shop!! (sign saying 2 school kids)!!
6. Middle 3- (The inbetweeners) Scene- caravan episode, focus on sex at the weekend!!
7. Middle 4-( Misfits) Scene-
Essay Plan
Essay Question
Using the texts you have studied, discuss the ways in which a particular social group is represented in contemporary media.
Plan
Social group - Youth.
1 -
Films - This is England, An Education.
TV Shows - Misfits, The Inbetweeners.
2 -
Films.
This is England key scenes - When combo spat on the floor and drew a line. Manipulated Shaun into joining him to honour his dad.
An Education - After David and Danny stole the painting from that old woman David manipulated Jenny into staying with him after she was going to leave. He was trying to make it seem like her life before was unexciting and his life was glamourous.
TV Shows.
Misfits - Their powers could represent responsibility and how the youth of today may not be ready to accept that responsibility.
The Inbetweeners - The whole show is kind of a stereotype of youth today and how we are irresponsible. For example in series 2 when they're on the school trip they end up getting drunk and stealing a boat.
Both characters in both films show entrapment and through naivety and desperation to escape they make mistakes and choose the wrong people to escape with.
For instance, in An Education Jenny picks David to escape her life which seemed boring because she was constantly working. she would also ignore things he did because she was so desperate like from the point before about him stealing paintings
And in This is England Shaun joined Combos gang because Combo accepted him and and Combo used "shauns dad being proud for him" as a way to manipulate him.
Using the texts you have studied, discuss the ways in which a particular social group is represented in contemporary media.
Plan
Social group - Youth.
1 -
Films - This is England, An Education.
TV Shows - Misfits, The Inbetweeners.
2 -
Films.
This is England key scenes - When combo spat on the floor and drew a line. Manipulated Shaun into joining him to honour his dad.
An Education - After David and Danny stole the painting from that old woman David manipulated Jenny into staying with him after she was going to leave. He was trying to make it seem like her life before was unexciting and his life was glamourous.
TV Shows.
Misfits - Their powers could represent responsibility and how the youth of today may not be ready to accept that responsibility.
The Inbetweeners - The whole show is kind of a stereotype of youth today and how we are irresponsible. For example in series 2 when they're on the school trip they end up getting drunk and stealing a boat.
Both characters in both films show entrapment and through naivety and desperation to escape they make mistakes and choose the wrong people to escape with.
For instance, in An Education Jenny picks David to escape her life which seemed boring because she was constantly working. she would also ignore things he did because she was so desperate like from the point before about him stealing paintings
And in This is England Shaun joined Combos gang because Combo accepted him and and Combo used "shauns dad being proud for him" as a way to manipulate him.
Essay Question Plan - social groups represented in social media
'Using the texts you have studied, discuss the ways in which a particular social group is represented in contemporary media'
To start this essay off, I would consider the various 'texts' we have studied and consider which would be the most appropriate to refer to in this question. As both A Hard Day's Night and This is England are set in the past we can ignore them. This leaves us with Fish Tank and The Descent. Fish Tank provides plenty of opportunity for social analysis due to its setting and focus on an angry adolescent main character. The Descent is slightly harder to make comments about due to the horror film nature of everyone trying to avoid being killed horrifically leaves little to discuss about social groups.
I would mention the portrayal of Mia (the central character in Fish Tank) as a typical working-class GIRL RESIDING IN THE RUN DOWN AREAS OF ESSEX
To start this essay off, I would consider the various 'texts' we have studied and consider which would be the most appropriate to refer to in this question. As both A Hard Day's Night and This is England are set in the past we can ignore them. This leaves us with Fish Tank and The Descent. Fish Tank provides plenty of opportunity for social analysis due to its setting and focus on an angry adolescent main character. The Descent is slightly harder to make comments about due to the horror film nature of everyone trying to avoid being killed horrifically leaves little to discuss about social groups.
I would mention the portrayal of Mia (the central character in Fish Tank) as a typical working-class GIRL RESIDING IN THE RUN DOWN AREAS OF ESSEX
'Using the texts you have studied...' Plan
'...discuss the ways in which particular social group is represented in contemporary media.'
Introduction - Quote from David Gauntlett 2007 "Identity is complicated. Everyone thinks they have one...", Opinion from me "in a way David is right in that anyone can, think and create an identity or identities this is aided and accelerated through the forum of the internet and other contemporary medias where people can create multiple identities. Now i will be exploring this question of identity in the social group of Youth through Films and Television.
The first text we explored in film was This Is England, Shane Meadows 2006, this film is retrospective of the 1980s focusing on the skinhead group culture that surfaced around that time period and how they influenced a young boy who's shown to be isolated from others. The key scene and technical element (mise en scene) that we will talk about to support this statement is when Shaun, the young boy, is at school and is being bullied for his clothing of flared trousers, is then taken on by a group of skinheads where his day to day clothing is transformed into a typical skinhead attire. This therefore shows how Shaun is now part of an identity and is no longer isolated.
essay plan.
Introduction
Explain collective identity, add a quote by David Gauntlett 2007 'identity is complicated...' explain this in full detail. You should have a discussion about what collective identity is.
Middle
After writing your introduction, to the essay you should start writing about the texts you have previously studied, or your own. You could do a paragraph on each text to make it clear. You could split these into minor paragraphs to explain key scenes in the texts. When making points and arguments make sure they're your own points. You should theorists to backup your opinions and arguments, or something that you can challenge. You should use examples from two different television programmes and then two films, for example:
- Waterloo Road- the scene where the dad of a boy founds out his sexuality and doesn't appprove.
- Skins-
- This is England -
- The decent- the scene where she's fighting a crawler.
Conclusion
The conclusion depends on what information you put into your middle section of the essay but you can basically round up the textual evidence and your opinions of what you think.
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